A national Portal (Figure 2A, 200) for providing electronic services to a number of entries including employers (210) and states is provided. The portal serves as a single location for access by employers to obtain information about to-be-hired and/or new employees.; L'invention concerne un appareil et des procédés créant un emplacement unique dans lequel une entité peut mettre en oeuvre des servi...

The present invention relates to an alternative payment apparatus and method using a barcode stored in a mobile communication terminal. The alternative payment apparatus and method assigns a certain amount of money from a credit card of a guardian or alternative payer of a barcode user ineligible to be issued with credit cards to a barcode of a barcode user's mobile communication terminal to pay f...

An apparatus and method for positioning and controlling the movement of a bone removal device (10) and thus of controlling the profile of material removed by the device. Also an improved drive mechanism for a bone removal device, where the drive shaft (46) is readily removable for maintenance or replacement, without significant disassembly of the device.; L'invention concerne un appareil et un pro...

A supply chain network (70) in which customers (72) , suppliers (76), logistics providers (78), carriers, and financial institutions are all connected to a centralized supply chain server (74). The supply chain server (74) is central to a many-to-many relationship. Accordingly, the server (74) handles various management activities for each member of the supply chain, such as negotiating prices, te...

Breathable non-wettable non-woven materials include a mass of melt-blown, non-woven fibers formed of a terpolymer of tetrafluroethylene, hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene fluoride monomers. Most preferably, the materials of the present invention are in the form of fabric structures which can be processed to form a variety of products for numerous end use applications, such as for garments, bandag...

The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for balancing multimedia message loading within a network (118). When a multimedia message is received at the load balancer (102), one of the two or more multimedia service relays (104) is selected to process the multimedia message. The load balancer (102) is communicably coupled to the two or more multimedia service relays (104) and th...

A system, method, and apparatus for communicating information in a light-based signal utilizing a fob device (40) is disclosed. One method disclosed includes encoding transmission information data into a bar code format (10); generating a signal from the bar code format (10) to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format (10); and active...

A cellular thermoplastic polyolefin foam comprising at least one particulate additive in admixture with a polymer matrix is disclosed, along with a process and foamable gel for manufacturing the same, wherein the polyolefin matrix comprises at least one polymer resin graft-modified with at least one polar group selected from the group consisting of acid, acid ester, and acid anhydride, and salts t...

A system includes one or more computer systems and a fulfillment coordination computer coupled to the computer systems over a network. The fulfillment coordination computer is operable to receive an order, use a first set of rules to split the order into one or more work packages necessary to fulfill the order, and use a second set of rules to assign the work packages to one or more partners.

A lapping device characterized in that it includes a lapping machine (4), a slurry supplying device (10) for supplying abrasive slurry (11) to the surface of the lapping machine (4), a holder (22b) for an object to be lapped for holding an object (6) to be lapped while the object is brought into contact with the surface of the lapping machine (4) through the abrasive slurry (11), and linear moveme...

Polypropylene films and methods for making the films having white opaque characteristics are disclosed. The films typically incorporate polymer blending to improve microcavitation, increased opacity, increased optical density and lower light transmission for a white opaque film with CaCO3 loading at and above 40% by weight. A combination of polypropylene resins of specified density, crystallinity ...

Drive means for motor vehicles, comprising an internal combustion engine (1) and an unsynchronised automated stepped gearbox (9). The clutch and the gearbox are controlled by an electronic transmission control unit (45), which communicates with an engine control unit (48), to which are fed signals representing the selected gear from a gear selector (46) and signals representing various engine and ...

The invention relates to low solution viscosity cellulose triacetate and methods of making thereof. The invention also relates to films prepared from the low solution viscosity cellulose triacetate and articles containing the low solution viscosity cellulose triacetate.; L'invention concerne un triacétate de cellulose à faible viscosité de solution ainsi que des procédés de fabrication de ce produ...

A method for producing a thermoplastic sheet includes extruding a composition including a melt polycarbonate resin having a Fries content of about 10 ppm to about 2000 ppm. The composition enables the sheet to be extruded with excellent uniformity.; L'invention concerne un procédé de production d'une feuille thermoplastique, qui comporte l'étape consistant à extruder une composition incluant une r...

The cast film of the invention is made from a composition which comprises (A) a polypropylene component and (B) a copolymer elastomer component and has an MFR of 0.1 to 15.0g/10min and a propylene unit content of the component (B) of 50 to 85 % and the xylene solubles Xs of which satisfy the following requirements (I) to (V), and is excellent in the balance between impact resistance and rigidity a...

A cold seal release film in the form of a monolayer film or an outer layer of a multilayer film. The cold seal release film includes a nucleating agent and 10% - 100% by weight of the polymer composition of a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly-1-butene homopolymers, poly-1-butene/ethylene random copolymers having over 50% by weight poly-1-butene therein and a blend of the poly-1-bu...

Adhesion promoting primer compositions comprising mixtures of a) an epoxy-silane, b) a polyhydroxy compound, and c) an organo-onium compound improve the adhesion between metal, ceramic or glass surfaces and base-resistant polyhydroxy or peroxide curable fluoroelastomers.; L'invention concerne des compositions d'amorçage favorisant l'adhérence, qui comprennent des mélanges: a) d'un époxy-silane; b)...

Expandable particles containing as a base resin a propylene polymer satisfying the following requirements (a) to (c); a resin composition; and an in-mold molding and an impact absorber each obtained by molding the expandable particles. The polymer comprises 100 to 85 mol% structural units derived from propylene and 0 to 15 mol% structural units derived from ethylene and/or a C4-20 alpha-olefin. In...

The invention concerns fibers for reinforcing cement products and the use of said fibers and the fiber-cement or concrete products reinforced with said fibers. The inventive polypropylene fibers comprise a core and a cladding which contains a mixture of Ziegler-Natta type polypropylene and metallocene polypropylene. The cladding material is grafted with an acrylic derivative. Furthermore, said cla...

A sprocket (10) for an inverted tooth chain includes at least one and typically first and second resilient cushion rings (30a, 30b) for adapted to be engaged by the guide links (L g) of an associated inverted tooth chain. The sprocket (10) is usable with conventional inverted tooth chains and/or with a new inverted tooth chain that includes guide links for each row of the chain.; L'invention conce...